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ottesen07
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_ 		1. November 2006 @ 18:37 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i'm thinking about getting a wireless adapter down the hall, in my room. How fast are download speeds compared to a wired connection?
i'm just putting it in because it is the only computer that has a dvd writer, so please be honest and tell me.
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BluRay
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_ 		2. November 2006 @ 03:48 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Well wireless can be as fast as you want it to be I do not think, if you have a good wireless router, it will make that much of a difference to be honest. Sometimes I have seen wireless be faster, in some case, than wired.
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_ 		2. November 2006 @ 12:51 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i have a wireless connection on my laptop whichi do all my downloading with and i don't really notice a different between downloading times between my desktop and labtop. I am also using a http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite...FVisitorWrapper
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TomMelee
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_ 		2. November 2006 @ 16:48 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
The answer, in a word, is latency:
Googlefoo for the win: (define: latency)
http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3A+latency

The speed difference is latency and sustained transfer rates. Because you'll rarely ever experience 54Mbit speeds downloading, you won't necessarily notice normal speed differences. However, it will make itself apparent when you move large files across your network, or if you do things like online gaming, where an additional 10-100ms of latency means the difference between life and death.
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ottesen07
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_ 		3. November 2006 @ 03:33 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
so what, it'll be slow if i torrent let's say 3-4 gb files?
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